College soccer must continue to look after fans, hug the spring game

The idea of ​​organizing a game for the fans has long been a tradition that enables a family to enable the ability to sit on the team's stands for which they are, and to experience the traditions that have supported sport for so many years. We are currently on a crossroads, somewhere between coaches that move to an NFL-like approach, and teams do not want to give other schools the opportunity to take a look at players that they could follow in the transfer portal.

I'm sorry, but the entire transfer portal is not in contact with reality. Sure, there are currently certain players on squads who shine during spring practice and open up the opportunity to get on the market for a larger payday when others come to them with more money or season.

“The word 'manipulation' no longer exists. It is only an absolute free open common market. I don't necessarily want to open the outside world and let people watch our boys and say: 'He looks like a pretty good player.

Don't believe everything. Dabo Swinney is right with manipulation

But to believe that holding a spring game will prevent other teams from poaching or at least trying players is really just an apology. I can promise that scouts across the country know about these players who could help their team in the future, and a “game”, especially an glorified practice, will not stop an opposing trainer from coming after a broad recipient that shows the potential.

Do we really buy this because this athlete is presented in spring on ESPN or FOX, which is for the first time that an opposing team heard of what you did during training? Save this because there are enough “agents” out there that can receive the exercise material to buy your customers to the highest bidder.

On Monday, Oklahoma moved from a traditional spring game. The Sooners are now joining Nebraska, USC, Ohio State, Texas and many others with more.

There are recruitment departments in the entire college football that looks at what is going on at other schools and which players stand out.

Don't be fooled by these colleges with this excuse because it is worthless.

“Regardless of whether you have a spring game or not, you will convince. That means PFF – you already have everything with everyone. Canceling the spring game will not stop manipulating manipulation – we still need a lot more help than that. Hopefully this will happen at some point,” said Clemson's Dabo Swinny on Monday.

Yes, Dabo is right with this situation. These schools already stop Scrimmages in spring practice, usually twice during the 15-day practice period. To believe that a game on television will lead to opposing teams who are only talking about a player.

Some schools do not send college jumping games

While we saw Colorado his spring game at Fox when Deion Sanders took over the coaching job for the first time, and train the game in the past to market their program like Alabama, and many others have done it in the past decade, reality, games on TV, is not to broadcast, a way to stop opposing schools, a look at their talent.

It was only last year that Ole Miss Miss head coach Lane Kiffin decided to transform the school's television time into an entertaining atmosphere in which a hot dog eating competition belonged, which included Joey Chestnut. However, there are some schools that have decided to transfer their events in no way, including Alabama, which has a “modified” spring game that still has to be detailed.

If you do not put your shop window on national television, opposing teams can be prevented from seeing the players on a squad. If at all, this would be the right way not to cancel the game itself, but not to rely on ESPN. This would not prevent other schools from finding out who cuts off well, but I think we could call this as further protection for coaches.

Sure, do that, but do not take the opportunity to experience families across the country.

We obviously reach a point where changes will continue to occur in sports, but some of the reasons for these decisions will really affect the average fan.

It doesn't mean much for some, but it is certainly a lot for the fans who want to experience a college football environment in an affordable way.